Question 1

Identify the following term(s).
-mestizo

Accepted Answer

The term "mestizo" refers to a person of

Question 2

The English and French did not colonize the Americas until almost a century after the Spanish and Portuguese. Why? How were the French and English colonies both similar to and different from those of Spain and Portugal?

Accepted Answer

Students should recognize the universal

Question 3

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 18.1 and describe the Spanish and Portuguese objectives in ruling their lands in the Americas. What governing systems did they employ? Did they want to integrate the peoples of the Americas into their cultures?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish and Portuguese objectives in

Question 4

Describe the major elements of the Columbian Exchange and how it affected both Amerindians and Europeans.

Accepted Answer

Students should not only explain the tra

Question 5

What was the most deadly of the epidemics in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Smallpox 
B)  Syphilis 
C)  Influenza 
D)  Measles 
E)  Cholera 
A)  Smallpox 
B)  Syphilis 
C)  Influenza 
D)  Measles 
E)  Cholera

Question 6

In colonial Spain, a term used to describe Spanish lesser nobles.

Accepted Answer

A)  creoles. 
B)  castas. 
C)  hidalgos. 
D)  palenques. 
E)  baronettes. 
A)  creoles. 
B)  castas. 
C)  hidalgos. 
D)  palenques. 
E)  baronettes.

Question 7

Plantation economies grew all of the following labor intensive crops except

Accepted Answer

A)  tobacco. 
B)  cotton. 
C)  rice. 
D)  sugar. 
E)  squash. 
A)  tobacco. 
B)  cotton. 
C)  rice. 
D)  sugar. 
E)  squash.

Question 8

Discuss the differences in colonial management practiced by the European states in the Americas. How did the different reasons for colonization lead to different levels of governmental presence in the colonies, and how did this governmental presence affect the social structure?

Accepted Answer

Students should discuss the viceroy syst

Question 9

Which of the following is true of the Puritans?

Accepted Answer

A)  They wished to break from the Church of England. 
B)  They wanted to establish a hierarchy of bishops and priests. 
C)  Their efforts to reform the Church of England were welcomed. 
D)  They welcomed Catholic as well as Jewish members. 
E)  They wanted to purify the Church of England, not break from it. 
A)  They wished to break from the Church of England. 
B)  They wanted to establish a hierarchy of bishops and priests. 
C)  Their efforts to reform the Church of England were welcomed. 
D)  They welcomed Catholic as well as Jewish members. 
E)  They wanted to purify the Church of England, not break from it.

Question 10

Identify the following term(s).
-creoles

Accepted Answer

Creoles refer to a social and cultural g

Question 11

What role did religion play in European settlement of the Americas? Discuss Spanish, Portuguese, French, and British uses of Christianity as a tool of colonization.

Accepted Answer

Students should discuss the role that th

Question 12

Identify the following term(s).
-House of Burgesses

Accepted Answer

The House of Burgesses was the first rep

Question 13

Death rates among Amerindian peoples during the epidemics of the early colonial period were

Accepted Answer

A)  very high. 
B)  average. 
C)  very low. 
D)  no higher than at other times. 
E)  nonexistent; death rates ceased during this period. 
A)  very high. 
B)  average. 
C)  very low. 
D)  no higher than at other times. 
E)  nonexistent; death rates ceased during this period.

Question 14

Identify the following term(s).
-encomienda

Accepted Answer

The encomienda was a labor system that w

Question 15

Enormous wealth was generated by the Spanish through

Accepted Answer

A)  engaging in slave trade of indigenous Americans. 
B)  development of plantation economies in the sugar trade. 
C)  establishing a monopoly on the Columbian exchange. 
D)  long-distance trade with Asia. 
E)  silver and gold mines. 
A)  engaging in slave trade of indigenous Americans. 
B)  development of plantation economies in the sugar trade. 
C)  establishing a monopoly on the Columbian exchange. 
D)  long-distance trade with Asia. 
E)  silver and gold mines.

Question 16

The forced labor system in which Amerindian men in Peru worked two to four months of the year in the mines was

Accepted Answer

A)  the milla. 
B)  the puri. 
C)  the colo system. 
D)  the rota. 
E)  the mita. 
A)  the milla. 
B)  the puri. 
C)  the colo system. 
D)  the rota. 
E)  the mita.

Question 17

Why did Massachusetts have a lower mortality rate than southern and Caribbean colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Massachusetts was more homogenous and less hierarchal. 
B)  Massachusetts had more families and greater stability of population. 
C)  Massachusetts had a nicer climate. 
D)  Massachusetts relied on indentured servitude rather than slavery. 
E)  Massachusetts was based on religion instead of commerce. 
A)  Massachusetts was more homogenous and less hierarchal. 
B)  Massachusetts had more families and greater stability of population. 
C)  Massachusetts had a nicer climate. 
D)  Massachusetts relied on indentured servitude rather than slavery. 
E)  Massachusetts was based on religion instead of commerce.

Question 18

Spain and Portugal justified their American conquests by assuming an obligation to

Accepted Answer

convert na

Question 19

The most important agent for transmitting European beliefs, language, and culture in Spanish America and Brazil was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Council of the Indies. 
B)  Spanish and Portuguese armies. 
C)  Catholic Church. 
D)  plantation system. 
E)  Lantern Council. 
A)  Council of the Indies. 
B)  Spanish and Portuguese armies. 
C)  Catholic Church. 
D)  plantation system. 
E)  Lantern Council.

Question 20

The primary Amerindian allies of the French were the Algonquin and the native enemies of the French were the

Accepted Answer

A)  Algonquin. 
B)  Iroquois. 
C)  Huron. 
D)  Cheyenne. 
E)  Leni Lenape. 
A)  Algonquin. 
B)  Iroquois. 
C)  Huron. 
D)  Cheyenne. 
E)  Leni Lenape.

Exam 18: The Diversity of American Colonial Societies

Identify the following term(s). -mestizo

The English and French did not colonize the Americas until almost a century after the Spanish and Portuguese. Why? How were the French and English colonies both similar to and different from those of Spain and Portugal?

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 18.1 and describe the Spanish and Portuguese objectives in ruling their lands in the Americas. What governing systems did they employ? Did they want to integrate the peoples of the Americas into their cultures?

Describe the major elements of the Columbian Exchange and how it affected both Amerindians and Europeans.

What was the most deadly of the epidemics in the Americas?

In colonial Spain, a term used to describe Spanish lesser nobles.

Plantation economies grew all of the following labor intensive crops except

Discuss the differences in colonial management practiced by the European states in the Americas. How did the different reasons for colonization lead to different levels of governmental presence in the colonies, and how did this governmental presence affect the social structure?

Which of the following is true of the Puritans?

Identify the following term(s). -creoles

What role did religion play in European settlement of the Americas? Discuss Spanish, Portuguese, French, and British uses of Christianity as a tool of colonization.

Identify the following term(s). -House of Burgesses

Death rates among Amerindian peoples during the epidemics of the early colonial period were

Identify the following term(s). -encomienda

Enormous wealth was generated by the Spanish through

The forced labor system in which Amerindian men in Peru worked two to four months of the year in the mines was

Why did Massachusetts have a lower mortality rate than southern and Caribbean colonies?

Spain and Portugal justified their American conquests by assuming an obligation to

The most important agent for transmitting European beliefs, language, and culture in Spanish America and Brazil was the

The primary Amerindian allies of the French were the Algonquin and the native enemies of the French were the

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